These are the election results from United Kingdom general elections based on the electoral regional boundaries used by the Senedd (Welsh Parliament), for the Senedd electoral region of South Wales East. Since the 1997 general election, this grouping of constituencies into this unofficial region have elected eight Members of Parliament to the House of Commons of the United Kingdom.
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Regional profile
editThe region is based around the Newport metropolitan area. The boundaries are based on the Senedd electoral region South Wales East. Regions are not used in UK general elections.
2001
editSouth East Wales elected eight Members of Parliament.
Constituency | Candidates | Incumbent | |||||||||||||
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Labour | Conservative | Liberal Democrat | Plaid Cymru | Other | |||||||||||
Blaenau Gwent[1] | Llew Smith
22,855 (72.0%) |
Huw Williams
2,383 (7.5%) |
Edward Townsend
2,945 (9.3%) |
Adam Rykala
3,542 (11.2%) |
Llew Smith | ||||||||||
Caerphilly[2] | Wayne David
22,597 (58.5%) |
David Simmonds
4,413 (11.4%) |
Rob Roffe
3,469 (9.0%) |
Lindsay Whittle
8,172 (21.1%) |
Ron Davies† | ||||||||||
Islwyn[3] | Don Touhig
19,505 (61.5%) |
Phillip Howells
2,543 (8.0%) |
Kevin Etheridge
4,196 (13.2%) |
Leigh Thomas
3,767 (11.9%) |
|
Don Touhig | |||||||||
Merthyr Tydfil and Rhymney[4] | Dai Havard
19,574 (61.8%) |
Richard Cuming
2,272 (7.2%) |
Keith Rogers
2,385 (7.5%) |
Robert Hughes
4,651 (14.7%) |
|
Ted Rowlands† | |||||||||
Monmouth[5] | Huw Edwards
19,021 (42.8%) |
Roger Evans
18,637 (41.9%) |
Neil Parker
5,080 (11.4%) |
Marc Hubbard
1,068 (2.4%) |
David Rowlands (UKIP)
656 (1.5%) |
Huw Edwards | |||||||||
Newport East[6] | Alan Howarth
17,120 (54.7%) |
Ian Oakley
7,246 (23.2%) |
Alistair Cameron
4,394 (14.0%) |
Madoc Batcup
1,519 (4.9%) |
|
Alan Howarth | |||||||||
Newport West[7] | Paul Flynn
18,489 (52.7%) |
William Morgan
9,185 (26.2%) |
Veronica Watkins
4,095 (11.7%) |
Anthony Salkeld
2,510 (7.2%) |
|
Paul Flynn | |||||||||
Torfaen[8] | Paul Murphy
21,883 (62.1%) |
Jason Evans
5,603 (15.9%) |
Alan Masters
3,936 (11.2%) |
Stephen Smith
2,720 (7.7%) |
|
Paul Murphy |
1997
editSouth East Wales elected eight Members of Parliament.
Constituency | Candidates | Incumbent | ||||||||||||
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Labour | Conservative | Liberal Democrat | Plaid Cymru | Referendum | Other | |||||||||
Blaenau Gwent[9] | Llew Smith
31,493 (79.5%) |
Margrit A. Williams
2,607 (6.6%) |
Geraldine Layton
3,458 (8.7%) |
Jim B. Criddle
2,072 (5.2%) |
Llew Smith | |||||||||
Caerphilly[10] | Ron Davies
30,697 (67.3%) |
Rhodri Harris
4,858 (10.7%) |
Tony D. Ferguson
3,724 (8.2%) |
Lindsay Whittle
4,383 (9.7%) |
Mark E. Morgan
1,337 (3.0%) |
Catherine Williams (PLA)
270 (0.6%) |
Ron Davies | |||||||
Islwyn[11] | Don Touhig
26,995 (74.2%) |
David Walters
2,864 (7.9%) |
Christopher Worker
3,064 (8.4%) |
Darren Jones
2,272 (6.2%) |
Susan Monaghan
1,209 (3.3%) |
Don Touhig | ||||||||
Merthyr Tydfil and Rhymney[12] | Ted Rowlands
30,012 (76.7%) |
Jonathan Morgan
2,508 (6.4%) |
Duncan Anstey
2,926 (7.5%) |
Alun Cox
2,344 (6.0%) |
Ronald Hutchings
660 (1.7%) |
Alan Cowdell (Ind. Lab.)
691 (1.8%) |
Ted Rowlands | |||||||
Monmouth[13] | Huw Edwards
23,404 (47.7%) |
Roger Evans
19,226 (39.2%) |
Mark Williams
4,689 (9.6%) |
Alan Cotton
516 (1.1%) |
Timothy Warry
1,190 (2.4%) |
Roger Evans | ||||||||
Newport East[14] | Alan Howarth
21,481 (57.7%) |
David Evans
7,958 (21.4%) |
Alistair Cameron
3,880 (10.4%) |
Christopher Holland
721 (1.9%) |
Edward Chaney-Davis
1,267 (3.4%) |
Arthur Scargill (SLP)
1,951 (5.2%) |
Roy Hughes† | |||||||
Newport West[15] | Paul Flynn
24,331 (60.5%) |
Peter Clarke
9,794 (24.4%) |
Stanley Wilson
3,907 (9.7%) |
Huw Jackson
648 (1.6%) |
Andrew Thompsett
1,199 (3.0%) |
Hugh Hughes (UKIP)
323 (0.3%) |
Paul Flynn | |||||||
Torfaen[16] | Paul Murphy
29,863 (69.1%) |
Neil Parish
5,327 (12.3%) |
Jean Gray
5,249 (12.1%) |
Robert Gough
1,042 (2.4%) |
Deborah Holler
1,245 (2.9%) |
Roger Coghill (Green)
519 (1.2%) |
Paul Murphy |
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